Describe the production, roles, and schedule. Makeform creates a casting call form for actor profiles, headshots, reels, role choices, conflicts, and availability.
Route casting submissions to Google Sheets, Slack, and Zapier.
Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a production type, revise the details, or send the example prompt into the builder.
Audience
Actors submitting for lead and supporting roles
Format
Role-based application with media uploads
Prompt size
299 chars
Example form structure
Role-based application with media uploads
Name, contact, city, and age range
Which role are you submitting for?
Headshot and acting résumé
Demo reel or portfolio link
Audition, rehearsal, and shoot conflicts
Suggested routing tags
Lead roles
Supporting roles
Schedule conflicts
Ask for exact unavailable dates; a broad “weekends” answer rarely resolves a rehearsal conflict.
Step 1
Brief
roles, dates, location, and preparation
Step 2
Submit
profiles, headshots, reels, and conflicts
Step 3
Review
filter actors by role and availability
Step 4
Invite
move selected actors into audition scheduling
A cleaner casting inbox
A casting call form keeps every actor’s details, media, role choice, and availability together.
Collect role, playing range, location, representation, experience, and union status as separate fields.
Request headshots and résumés as uploads, with reels or portfolios as links.
Capture audition preferences and exact rehearsal, fitting, travel, and shoot conflicts early.
Built around the production
Start with a close workflow, then revise its roles, media requests, instructions, and dates.
Character breakdowns, location, union status, reels, travel questions, shoot dates, and role-specific availability.
Vocal range, dance background, accompaniment needs, audition preferences, rehearsal conflicts, and ensemble interest.
Agency contacts, photos, on-camera reels, fitting dates, compensation details, and a project-usage notice.
Audio uploads, vocal qualities, time zones, home studio setup, remote direction windows, and recording conflicts.
Casting workflow
Build the casting call, then route complete actor profiles into review.
Provide the synopsis, character breakdowns, dates, location, compensation, and preparation instructions.
Require essential materials and show conditional questions for a chosen role.
Share one link so every actor uses the same intake instead of a custom email.
Sort responses by role and use availability to choose who receives scheduling details.
Form vs email vs generic signup
Keep each actor’s materials and scheduling constraints attached to the correct role.
Field guide
Six field groups supply the context, materials, and schedule details needed for review.
Project brief
Show the production format, synopsis, location, dates, compensation, and deadline before requesting materials.
Actor profile
Separate contact, location, representation, and professional status. Ask only for role-relevant attributes.
Role selection
List concise role breakdowns, then ask for a primary choice and interest in alternate casting.
Creative materials
Separate uploads from links and label requested formats so every item has a clear purpose.
Availability
Collect workable windows and conflicts across the production calendar, not a vague promise of availability.
Notices & confirmation
Place your materials-use, accessibility, and follow-up notices beside a narrow confirmation.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for casting directors, producers, and theater teams planning actor intake.
It is an online actor application that presents project and role details, then collects contacts, role preferences, headshots, résumés, reels, experience, and availability in one format.
Ask for contact, city, role, experience, headshot, résumé, reel, audition availability, and production conflicts. Add relevant prompts for skills, union status, studio setup, or travel.
Yes. Add labeled upload fields for headshots, résumés, self-tapes, or audio. Keep reel and portfolio URLs in separate website fields.
List known audition, rehearsal, recording, travel, and shoot dates. Collect workable windows, exact conflicts, and recurring commitments separately.
Yes. List roles in a choice field and show conditional questions for each. Actors can rank a second choice and indicate interest in alternate casting.
Yes. Makeform is unlimited free for generating, editing, publishing, and collecting responses. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge; it does not unlock additional response capacity.
Collect only role-relevant information, explain why it matters, avoid unnecessary identity questions, and provide a contact for access needs or submission questions.
Use structured fields, require first-review materials, and separate role from availability. Sort responses by role, completion, location, and conflicts.
Turn the casting brief into a usable intake.
